Shout Factory
2007
In For A Penny: Raves And Faves
About This Album
In for a Penny: Raves & Faves functions as a "more of the best" companion to Shout! Factory's excellent 2004 Get Yer Boots On: The Best of Slade, the first comprehensive American hits collection for Slade, the seminal British glam band. If Get Yer Boots On had all the big hits -- from "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" and "C*m on Feel the Noize" to "Run Runaway" -- In for a Penny concentrates on hits that didn't climb as high on the charts, as well as deep album tracks, B-sides, and non-LP singles. This isn't much use for big hardcore fans, since most of the rarities appear on expanded reissues or other British comps, but this isn't designed with them in mind: it's for those who have Get Yer Boots On, or some other hits compilation, and want to hear more. That's exactly what need In for a Penny serves: compilation producers Dan Epstein (who also provides excellent annotation) and Derek Dressler sort through the abundance of Slade recordings and whittles it down to a dynamite 15-track collection. This begins in 1970 with a surging cover of "Shape of Things to Come" and ends with 1977's "Burning House of Love," but the bulk of this disc draws from Slade's peak between 1972 and 1974, when the band was churning out hits that topped the charts, but also had plenty of great lesser-known tunes as this comp proves.
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